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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 February 2020
      12 March 2020
      ISBN:
      9781108675659
      9781108493123
      9781108717281
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108675659
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.59kg, 328 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.49kg, 328 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Latin American Studies, History, Latin American Government, Politics and Policy, Latin American History
      Series:
      Cambridge Latin American Studies (119)
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Latin American Studies, History, Latin American Government, Politics and Policy, Latin American History
    Series:
    Cambridge Latin American Studies (119)
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    Book description

    The creation of Lima's red light district in 1928 marked the culminating achievement of the promoters of regulation who sought to control the spread of venereal disease by medically policing female prostitutes. Its closure in 1956 was arguably the high point of abolitionism, a transnational movement originating in the 1860s that advocated that regulation was not only ineffective from a public health perspective, but also morally wrong. The Sexual Question charts this cyclic process of regulation and abolition in Peru, uncovering the ideas, policies, and actors shaping the debates on prostitution in Lima and beyond. The history of prostitution, Paulo Drinot shows, sheds light on the interplay of gender and sexuality, medicine and public health, and nation-building and state formation in Peru. With its compelling historical lens, this landmark study offers readers an engaging narrative, and new perspectives on Latin American studies, social policy, and Peruvian history.

    Awards

    Honorable Mention, 2021 Bryce Wood Book Award, Latin American Studies Association

    Reviews

    'The value of Drinot’s The Sexual Question is not just as a history of prostitution and venereal disease control over the course of a century in Peru, but in the dialogue that he establishes with related fields such as gender and sexuality, medicine, public health, and the state itself. I highly recommend it.'

    Peter Klaren - Professor Emeritus, George Washington University

    'The Sexual Question is an admirable monograph by one of the leading historians of modern Peru. Based on both extensive original research and a sophisticated theoretical framework, Drinot addresses a hitherto understudied topic and illuminates the complex relationship between sexuality, culture, science, urban dynamics, and politics in the making of modern Peru. This is a path-breaking study that deserves wide readership.'

    Carlos Aguirre - University of Oregon

    'In this rich analysis, Paulo Drinot ferrets out and pieces together an impressive range of sources from medicine, literature and much more, to show the shifting contours of ‘the sexual question’ in Peru. In addition to a wide-ranging analysis of urban processes in Lima, he also explores images of and policies about venereal disease among the Indigenous population and military conscripts from rural areas. It will be of great interest to scholars of Latin American politics, culture and history, as well as those interested in the history of sexuality and public health.'

    Kim Clark - author of Gender, State and Medicine in Highland Ecuador: Modernizing Women, Modernizing State, 1895-1950

    ‘… fascinating …’

    Rachel Nolan Source: Latin American Research Review

    'A compelling and well-researched analysis, this book will be of interest to those concerned with the history of public health and medicine, gender and sexuality, social reformism, and post-independence Latin America.'

    Katherine E. Bliss Source: H-Net

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    Contents

    Contents
    • 1 - Regulating Prostitution
      pp 24-59
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